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Institute for the Study of Earth-Oceans-and Space Blog
Jul 16, 2012
RESEARCH PROFILE: James Ryan – Using Space Technology to Detect Radiation Threats on Earth
Dr. James Ryan and his team in UNH's Space Science Center (SSC) are using his research into neutrons and gamma rays from space to construct the Portable Neutron Spectroscope (NSPECT), a device that will allow authorities to pinpoint from a safe distance materials used to make a nuclear bomb. Read more
May 14, 2012
Citizen Scientists Help with Winter Landscape Study Investigating Reforestation and Climate Change in NH
Citizen scientists are helping doctoral student Elizabeth Burakowski and her adviser Cameron Wake (of the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space) collect data for the first study ever to measure the albedo of the New Hampshire landscape in winter. Changes in albedo (the amount of solar radiation reflected from the Earth's surface) due to reforestation of previously-cleared... Read more
Feb 23, 2012
NASA Rocket Carrying Instruments Built at UNH Launched Into Aurora
With the full sky shimmering in green aurora on Feb. 18, 2012, a team of scientists, including space physicist Marc Lessard and graduate students from UNH’s Space Science Center, launched an instrument-laden, two-stage sounding rocket from the Poker Flat Research Range in Fairbanks, Alaska. The precision measurements from the rocket’s instruments will shed new light on the physical processes that... Read more
Oct 14, 2011
EOS Sun-to-Ice Project Awarded Grant by NSF Frontiers in Earth-System Dynamics (FESD) Program
An interdisciplinary team of scientists from the University of New Hampshire’s Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space (EOS) has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) new Frontiers in Earth-System Dynamics (FESD) program to support a project that crosses the boundaries between space physics, atmospheric, and ice core science. Read more
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Aug 20, 2012
Environmental Scientist Barrett N. Rock Retires - Sort Of
Earth Systems Research Center botanist Barry Rock officially retired in late May after 40 years of teaching and research, including 25 at UNH. However, he will still serve as director of Forest Watch, which he founded 21 years ago. Forest Watch is a unique program that engages primary and secondary school students in the hands-on collection and processing of field data relating to air... Read morePosted in: Agriculture & Biosciences, Sustainability & the Environment, Research Development & Communications, Research Spotlight
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